San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-12-06
CITY COUNCIL.
The Pavilion Fund Increased-Col.
Belknap's Street Cars-other
Matters.

OF rs lUltOWb:
A. L Frank Il Co, fur permit t. ere, /,
pow Ter magazine IN lot 2, block |, iu
Maverick addition No. 6. Ec,rfred TO
the lire committee.
Joseph JOnp., ash ing that Rio amond
avenue be graded so as to prevent storm
water from standing IN front 81 mis- resi-.
denoe. Public imprOy, ment committee.
Carl GrOOs, for permit TO raise the
grade OF his sidewalk on King VIII .m
street. Granted.
+. Kalteyer Il Son, for permit TO erect
an iron clad and lumber shed with net
al roof on north side OF Military pl, "a.
Referred to the fire committee.
Albert Peterson, for permit To open
meat stall. Referred to the msket COM
mitIee.
Frank Krisoh Jr., =. Gustav Menger,
Louis Froes, Lowe 4 Hellmsn, John
Reiden, Frank Reiden, James Moore
and j Lark. for permits to retain their
meat stalls for the year 1888. Referred
to the market committee.
Mrs. E. L. DeFrancO, asking further
time to pay assessment on his property
for the widening OF South Flores sire ct.
Granted.
The MAYOR stated that as yet no
official action locating the pavilion at
San Pedro park had been taken. The
matter was decided then ard there.
Massey Bros. were the lowest bidders,
$500. which was $1,000 more money
than had been raised for IL; this WAS re-
ferred TO the finance committee.
Reports OF officers for November were
received.
City engineer reported unfavOrably on
Mrs. NJ. Il. BurtOn's complaint of a ditch
In front OF her property. Referred 10
public improvement committee.
lie reported distractions on North
LeOns street, and asked for Instructions.
Referred to the public Improvement
committee with power to act.
City engineer submitted plat show
ing distractions and entertainments on
the rock quarry road, and recommend
ing removal Of the same. Referred to
streets and bridges committee.
The city engineer reported enGroach-
ments on Leal street which should be
removed. Referred to the street ana
bridge committee.
The city engineer called the attention
OF the public improvement committee
to encrOaChments by the Electric Light
and Power company on sidewalks. Re-
ferred to the telegraph, telephone and
railway committee.
The assessment committee reported
unfsyOrably on Antonio Barrera's petit
tiCn for reduction of assessment. hdOp-
ted
The gas committee reported favorably
on the petition of Sixth ward citizens
for a gas main. Adopted.
The market committee reported favor
ably on the usual number OF meat stall
petitions. Adopted; and favOrahly on
the petition of prOprietOrs of meat stalls
in the main market for reduction OF
rents. Adopted.
The police committee recommended
that $50 of $50 fine imposed upon
Joseph Welder by the recorder be remit
ted. Adopted.
NEW WORK.
By Guerguln, that the property own
ers on Market street be ordered TO lay
sidewalks. Adopted.
He also Introduced the following reso-
lutiOn:.
Whereas. The city has now under con-
tract the Improvement OF West Com
mpTCe street. with TeliOrd foundation:
and
Whereas, 1t will be absolutely neCes-
sary to remove the street railway track
during the progress of said work; and
Whereas, Ii will be a great public
convenience to extend said street rail-
way through and on Buena Vista street
to Medina, and thence to the Inter-
national depot; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That the mayer be and is
hereby ordered and directed to confer
with the street railway company and
require them to extend their track
through said BuenR Vista and Medina
streets; and should the street railway
company fall and refuse to comply with
the above request to extend their track
through Buena Vista street as afOre-
said, then it is further
Resolved, that the mayor be and IL
hereby Ordtr,d and directed to notify
said street railway company to pay to
the city such portions Of West Com
MERGE street as may be occupied by
their tracks; and If said street railway
company should fail or refuse to pay to
the city their pro rata of the cost OF im-
proving said West Commerce, the mayor
is hereby ordered TO improve only such
portions OF said street, rs may be used
by the public, and to exclude from said
Improvement such portions as may be
used by the street railway company.
And IL is hereby made the duty of the
ignate the location of the street railway
track upon any and all streets OF the
city.
Gallagher thought the latter portion
OF the resolution was placing too much
power IN the hands of committee.
The mayor said that the ordinances
provided that the public improvement
committee should supervise such work.
He also said that he had notified the
street railway company Of the cOntem-
plated action of the council with refer
| eRCe to West Commerce street. to
which the company had paid no atten-
ton.
Degener said the street car company
had permit to use West Commerce
street.
The mayor insisted that what he most
desired was for tho council to determine
whether or not the street car ComUany
should be made to pay its pro rata f'r
the work now being done on West Com
merCe street.
The resolution was adopted on mo-
| tiOH of SChreiner-Degener and Kal-
teyer voting In the negative and Gala
CHER asking to be excused from voting,
which request Was refused by the
mayor. whereupOn Gallagher voted in
the affirmative.
The council then adjourned.
OHIO and Pennsylvania have so salts
factOrily solved the question OF
liquor legislation by their present high
license measures that the prohibitions
lists, Othello like, find their occupation
gone. There is very little within the